GOD, IN THE GOSPEL OF HIS SON

“The Gospel of His Son.” Romans 1:9

Words: Verses 1 & 2, Ben­ja­min Bed­dome, 1787, alt.; verses 3-5, Thom­as Cot­ter­ill, 1819.

Music: Grostette, Hen­ry W. Great­or­ex, 1851 (MI­DI, score). Al­ter­nate tune:

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God, in the Gospel of His Son,
Makes His eternal counsels known;
Where love in all its glory shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.

Here sinners of a humble frame
May taste His grace, and learn His Name;
May read, in characters of blood,
The wisdom, power, and grace of God.

The prisoner here may break his chains;
The weary rest from all his pains;
The captive feel his bondage cease;
The mourner find the way of peace.

Here faith reveals to mortal eyes
A brighter world beyond the skies;
Here shines the light which guides our way
From earth to realms of endless day.

O grant us grace, Almighty Lord,
To read and mark Thy holy Word;
Its truths with meekness to receive,
And by Its holy precepts live.

08/11/2007 20:34:50